Women in Healthcare IT (857)

Blockchain technology allows for the flow of information between treatment points regardless of geographic location to ensure patients get the treatment they need and deserve, says Shada AlSalamah, a visiting scholar at MIT.

Maria Lensing, vice president of global healthcare solutions at AT&T, says healthcare has to collaborate, innovate and extend the reach of care by using the data so many devices will generate to gain insights that can be used to improve outcomes.

With many M&As and joint ventures happening, IT infrastructure leaders must be ready to expand tech capabilities on short notice, Verizon’s Nancy Green says.

Nicola Dames, CEO of Vanilla Blush, talks about how her patient experience provided the inspiration needed to transform her business into a healthcare provider.

Those living with chronic health conditions should be acknowledged and respected as the experts in managing their own care, says Renza Scibilia, Manager, Type 1 Diabetes and Consumer Voice, Diabetes Australia.

Startups should work closely with their target audiences in the product-creation phase and healthcare providers need to be more willing to prescribe digital healthcare solutions, says Karolina Korth, founder of the Kuala Lumpur Health 2.0 chapter.

Hong Xu, CPC Party Secretary at Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, talks digital health, smart hospitals and where tech fits into the government's Healthy China initiative.

Pirkko Kortekangas, Chief Development Officer at UNA Plan in Finland, says that data privacy is a priority, but sharing information is key in terms of identifying medical solutions.

Romanian Health Minister Sorina Pintea speaks to Charles Alessi, HIMSS Chief Clinical Officer, about digitizing primary care, plans to reform the healthcare system, and the concept of a digital hospital.

Hazel Jones, Programme Director, Apps & Wearables at NHS Digital talks about the wide range of healthcare apps that were put through a stringent assessment process before being made available in the UK's NHS apps library.

Christiana Care Health System CSIO Anahi Santiago says hospitals have to invest in security tools to stay ahead of cyberthreats, but that it's just as important to focus on people and process as it is on technology.

Anne Snowdon, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Windsor, discusses the development of supply chain maturity model H-SIMM and how healthcare supply chains help achieve the most desirable outcomes for patients.